Black friday 2009!!!?

I plan to buy a 50 inch tv this blackfriday but dont know how many they will have in stock ,, My question are for walmart workers or bestbuy workers …..If i buy the tv the day before the sale and return it on black friday will i get the price i paid and be returned with the discount price ((with a swap))

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They likely won’t do returns on Black Friday. Its typical they ask you to do returns on any other day but Black Friday. So I wouldn’t quite look at that strategy.

What you should do is call and ask and see what their policy is on finding a better deal within X days of your purchase. Best Buy and other stores will often have a price guarantee. If they, or anyone else, puts the same item on sale for less within 14-31 days (depends on the item you buy), they will honor that sale price. So just call Best Buy and ask about the price guarantee and Black Friday deals.

But anything that is on "massive" discount for Black Friday won’t be on the floor if you go in the day before. They’ll stick all that stuff in back and keep it there until the doors close and the Black Friday setup occurs. They will state that they have X items of that model per store, so they can’t sell to you in advance, otherwise they break their own promise (and why do that for you when they know they’ll 100% sell it the next day and not get in trouble with corporate?).

I think you should prepare to get your fingers ready for online sales or get the coffee and warm jacket ready for waiting outside really really early in the morning. That’s your best bet at actually scoring one of those Black Friday deals. At least you’re looking at a 50" set. Even on big discount, the prices for those should keep them on the shelf a bit longer. I think the 32" and 37" deals will be the TVs that fly out first.

jf | Nov 11, 2009